Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Cause of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | G-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A11 | Certified | |||||||||||
| Uncertified | ||||||||||||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| (Jhicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Measles .. .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | 1 | |||
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |||||
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |||||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 3 | .. | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 15 | |||||||
| Enteritis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | |||||||
| Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | |||||||
| Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Atelectasis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
| Congenital Malformations | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Premature Biith | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 6 | .. | .. | 7 | ||||||||
| Other causes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| 6 | ||||||||||||
| Nett Births in the year | legitimate, 1,774 | Nett Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants, 225 | |||||||||
| illegitimate, 30 | illegitimate infants, 11 | |||||||||||
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